Have you ever been a witch? Take this fireball!

Chapter 58 Clues

Dorothy woke up the next day in the morning.

The two sides around me were empty, with only a faint fragrance remaining.

"Ugh, I didn't sleep well at all last night, and I couldn't practice meditation at all. Airo's sleeping posture is terrible! I only managed to drift off to sleep in the middle of the night!"

Dorothy looked down at her right hand.

There seems to be a slight tactile residue left on it.

Add the attribute points you gain today to Wisdom.

[Wisdom: 143]

She got up, folded the blankets neatly, and looked out the window.

The once bustling city of apprentices has now become somewhat quiet and solemn.

The street where Elor's house was located used to be a place where many advanced apprentices could walk around.

Everyone is staying indoors now.

Dorothy lowered her head and sorted through the information she now knew.

"First of all, the fact that the murderer could kill a novice mage means that's the lower limit of his strength."

"But the other party doesn't dare to show their face in the City of Apprentices. They haven't been caught yet, so their hiding methods must be very special."

"Then the upper limit of their strength should be less than that of a high-level mage."

"They could be a novice or intermediate mage, or they could be an advanced apprentice whose skill level meets the standard but who did not go to the Mage Guild for the assessment."

"Moreover, the other party took away the teaching assistant's modified internal organs, as well as an arm that had not been modified."

The more Dorothy thought about it, the more her brow furrowed.

The information is too disorganized and cannot be connected at all.

Dorothy immediately changed into her magic robes and stepped out of the house.

It's unlikely that she'd stay inside at this point, but Dorothy knows that running around could easily get her into trouble.

So she headed straight for the Elemental Magic Tower.

As they walked along, they could only see the patrol team and the people from the Mage Guild; they couldn't see any other apprentices at all.

Moreover, everyone who meets Dorothy stops to ask her a question.

After walking and stopping frequently, they finally arrived at the Elemental Magic Tower. Dorothy looked up at the school building in front of her.

It was very quiet.

However, it wasn't that no one was there.

Dorothy's magical perception revealed several massive clusters of magic on the sixth floor.

That was the room where Leon and his magic teachers were.

Dorothy walked up to the sixth floor and went straight to the innermost room.

dong dong dong.

I knocked on the door.

"Come in."

A lazy voice came from inside.

Dorothy pushed open the door and saw Leon's somewhat surprised expression.

Leon scratched his messy hair, looking a bit annoyed.

"It's Dorothy! What brings you here?"

Besides Leon, there were three other people in the room.

Dorothy only knew one of them: Mr. Piggin, who taught lightning magic, and Dorothy had skipped two of his classes.

The four people sitting here are all powerful archmages. They are stationed in the academy and lend a helping hand when other parts of the Apprentice City need assistance.

Dorothy walked up to Lyon.

"Professor Lyon, I have something I'd like to talk to you about privately."

"alone?"

Leon raised an eyebrow slightly, glanced at the other three, then stood up and walked outside.

"Okay, let's go outside and talk. I've been craving a bite too."

Once outside the teaching building, Lyon took out a cigarette and rolled it up.

"Tell me, what's up? Leona told you not to wander off, right?"

Dorothy didn't waste any words; she recounted all the anomalies she had noticed and the bits and pieces of information she knew.

"Phew~"

Lyon took out tobacco, stuffed it into his pipe, lit one for himself, and gently exhaled.

"You did the right thing by not investigating the anomaly after noticing it. Now take me to the place where you noticed the anomaly."

Lyon looked serious; he hadn't expected to find a breakthrough with Dorothy.

……

The two traveled from the Elemental Magic Tower to the Necromancer Magic Tower.

Dorothy stood where she had felt something was amiss that day, pointing to a corner not far ahead.

"That's probably it. I had just finished a class on organ transplant surgery that day, and when I came back, I saw a dark figure hiding there out of the corner of my eye."

Lyon looked in the direction Dorothy was pointing.

He walked to the corner, his eyes sharp, carefully observing every blind spot.

He frowned slightly and took out an alchemical box from his magic robe.

The box was no bigger than the palm of my hand.

Leon brought the box close to his mouth.

"This is Lyon. We've discovered new clues at the necromancer's tower. Send a team over, including modified hounds and an astrologer."

Dorothy looked at the box in Leon's hand and blinked.

Is this... a phone call? No, using magic communication, it should be magic talk.

Lyon hung up the phone and noticed that Dorothy was staring at what he was holding.

"This thing is a device used for short-distance communication, called a magic communicator. It relies on the core inside the City of Apprentices, and its transmission range includes the City of Apprentices itself and a radius of 100 kilometers around it."

"Because of the cost and various other reasons, it's not even as useful as a small teleportation array."

Dorothy nodded.

Leon rolled himself another cigarette, and the two stood outside the alley entrance, waiting idly.

At this moment, Leon, who had been smoking half a cigarette, suddenly asked, "Dorothy, you're not the type to meddle in other people's business, as you can tell from the clues you've given me."

"So what's the reason you've taken the initiative to come to me now?"

Dorothy said calmly, "I heard it. Elor received a letter from the family."

"..." Leon understood instantly.

Because of the turmoil in the City of Apprentices, it's possible that Elor will be taken back to his family.

To avoid this situation, Dorothy wanted the incident resolved quickly.

"Okay, I understand. If the Ryan family sends someone over, I'll help stall them."

Lyon's tone held a hint of helplessness.

If he finds out about this, he can't just ignore it.

Leonce had just started to feel better, but if Elor were taken away, she would definitely revert to her old cold and aloof self.

"Thank you, teacher," Dorothy said sincerely.

Lyon waved his hand in response to the thanks.

"It's best not to count on me too much. When it comes to the Ryan family, my voice is practically meaningless."

"They might not make things difficult for me, but they'll still do what they're supposed to do."

The power dynamics within each family are deeply intertwined. Although Leon is quite strong and almost became a mage, his position as a teacher in the City of Apprentices puts him in an awkward position within his family.

All he could do was protect Lyons and Elor in the City of Apprentices.

Once the two left, he couldn't even touch their hands anymore.

Dorothy was unaware of these complexities.

But Dorothy understood one thing.

The magical world is a world where all great powers reside within itself.

In other words, as long as a person is powerful enough, his words carry significant weight.

While the two were chatting, the patrol team finally arrived.

Some of them were leading hunting dogs, while others were holding commemorative cameras.

The astrologer instantly covered the area with his magic and began using magic to investigate what had happened there.